-The future is here, and it’s not lower, not wider, not sleeker, and not faster, and it wears ridiculous taillights. Look past its robot Donkey Kong styling and the 2018 Toyota C-HR is the vehicular embodiment of lazy conventional wisdom as the second decade of the 21st century dissolves away. It’s not bad, but it’s not trying, either. It’s okayish by default. READ MORE ››-

-Some interesting details about both the BMW Z4 and the Toyota Supra emerged from an internal BMW coding sheet revealed at supramkv.com, which looks to be legit. The Z4 and the Supra are sister models, developed in close collaboration, and prototypes are a frequent sight around Munich of late. BMW has been releasing teaser images of a concept version of its new roadster (above), a vehicle it plans to display at the upcoming Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.-The BMW Z4, slated for a mid-201

-Oops: An internal document has leaked that confirms the BMW X2 (above) and the X7 will be sold in the U.S. market. The document additionally reveals plans for several other BMWs to come here, including a Competition version of the M2. This news comes via supramkv.com, which published a report focusing on the next-gen Toyota Supra—included in the document because it was jointly developed with BMW—but also posted the entire 177-page document detailing product development code numbers

-One little-known upside of hybrid or electric vehicles—especially those that pile on the miles—is that their brakes last surprisingly long. Thanks to regenerative braking systems, which recapture some of the energy as you decelerate, traditional brake pads have a lot of assistance. It’s not unusual, for instance, for a Toyota Prius to go 100,000 miles on its original set of pads.-That introduces another issue, actually: corrosion. At times, it can change the way traditional fr

-Whichever company winds up owning Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will likely inherit the underpinnings for a self-driving future. One day after reports circulated that the perennially for-sale automaker was shopping itself to a Chinese company, FCA said Wednesday it will join a major alliance working to develop an autonomous-driving platform that could be used across the globe. Chrysler executives have signed a memorandum of understanding to build the technology along with BMW, Intel, and Mobileye.-

Ken Okuyama Cars, the auto design firm headed by Japanese industrial designer Ken Okuyama, the man who penned the Ferrari Enzo supercars, is unveiling a new creation at the 2017 Monterey Car Week. While last year’s event brought us the Kode57, a limited-edition speedster based on some recent Ferrari designs, 2017 will see the Kode0 come into the spotlight. Reportedly a one-off design, the Kode0 will also break cover at Pebble Beach. This will happen next week, and until then there are onl

Remember back in 2014 when Volkswagen put the T-Roc Concept on display at the Geneva auto show? Well, you would be crazy if you didn’t because it was actually one of the few VW concepts that we could actually appreciate. It even featured a removable roof that would put it in the business of competing with models like the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet and the Range Rover Evoque Cabrio. Now, we’re looking at spy shots of a production model, and while it does look like VW has managed to

Founded in 1950, the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance was originally an ancillary event to the Pebble Beach Road Races. Since its relatively humble beginnings, this “competition of elegance” has grown significantly, and is now widely considered to be the most important and well-respected event of its kind in the world. This is the flagship of Monterey Car Week, the capstone to the annual central California automotive palace. Every year, roughly 15,000 enthusiasts show up to fr

The venerable Chevy Tahoe used to be the go-to family hauler for middle-class folks. These days, though, prices of this body-on-frame, V-8-powered SUV have skyrocketed beyond what most families are willing to pay. And with the proliferation of crossovers like the Equinox and Traverse, it’s no wonder Chevy pushed the Tahoe up-market. Thankfully, Chevy is offering a solution: the Custom trim package.
Like on the Silverado pickup, the Custom trim takes a low-spec vehicle and adds exterior fl

What happens when you mix British good looks with Italian flair? The answer is one very desirable automobile, as evidenced by nearly six decades of collaboration between Aston Martin and Zagato. The latest products of this happy union are new Speedster and Shooting Brake iterations of the Vanquish, which join the Coupe and Volante to bring the grand total of Zagato’d Vanquish models to four. Revealed during Monterey Car Week just five days ahead of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegan

There are some things the Dodge Challenger Demon is good at. Then there are things that the Dodge Challenger Demon is great at. Considering that it has 840 horsepower at its disposal, you’d think that it’d be the perfect car to do burnouts and go drifting in. Oil company Pennzoil seems to think so, too, and was actually front and center in unleashing the Demon’s drifting abilities in a video called “Exorcising the Demon.”
Clever titles aside, the video is as good a

Filed under:Chevrolet,First Drives,First Ride,Crossover,SUVThis is the latest three-row crossover from GM.Continue reading 2018 Chevy Traverse First Drive | Bigger, but not the best 2018 Chevy Traverse First Drive | Bigger, but not the best originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 16 Aug 2017 00:01:00 EDT.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

-Chevrolet makes exactly two unassailable products. One is the Corvette, and the other is the Suburban. While we might prefer more new vehicles to use the former as a template, we can begrudgingly accept the latter as a North Star for the completely redesigned Traverse. And what a redesign this is, taking last year’s outdated minivan surrogate from back-of-the-pack anonymity to best-in-class contention in most every area. READ MORE ››-

-Obsessive collectors of limited-edition supercars already know theirs is a pricey pastime. But it’s a hobby that’s set to get even more expensive with Aston Martin’s announcement that it will be producing not one, but two more Zagato versions of the Vanquish: a speedster and a shooting brake, which will join the coupe and the Volante roadster that the company has already produced.-Catching ’em all won’t be cheap, although it certainly will put you in good company.

-Handsome styling, a well-connected infotainment system, and room for up to seven passengers make the Acadia an easy family favorite. GMC’s mid-size crossover was all new for 2017 and sports a more compact body and a host of modernized features that make it leaps and bounds better than the larger, more old-school SUV it replaced. A V-6 engine is optional and provides decent hustle, while the standard four-cylinder engine is the choice for buyers mindful of fuel economy. Acadia buyers will

-The Mercedes-Benz SL has cemented its place as roadster royalty after an illustrious 60-plus-year history. Now in its sixth generation, the SL is starting to show its age, but it remains a luxurious and stylish choice for those with the means. Available only as a retractable-hardtop convertible, the SL-class is offered in V-6 SL450 and V-8 SL550 forms—the fire-breathing AMG SL63 and SL65 variants are reviewed separately. Relatively subdued, carefully tailored looks give the SL an old-mone

-You’d be forgiven for not knowing that Ford built a handful of GT40s with roadster bodywork. Ford’s open-topped GT40s were only used as development prototypes, and of the six built, only one survives in original condition. That car, with chassis number GT/108, is listed for sale by U.K. dealer Girardo & Co. and will be displayed during Monterey car week.-If this was simply the only surviving GT40 roadster, it’d be one of the most important GT40s ever built, but its story i

-Earlier in the summer, Porsche Cars North America chief Klaus Zellmer announced that the Rennsport Reunion, a weekend-long celebration of all things Porsche—especially Zuffenhausen-related motorsport—would return in 2018, though he wasn’t prepared to announce the location. Now it can be told: The sixth edition of what fans invariably reduce to Rennsport will be held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca from September 27-30, 2018.-Started at Lime Rock in 2001 and followed by two events

-In his 1962 book Diffusion of Innovations, Everett M. Rodgers defined five groups of individuals responsible for the adoption and market penetration of a new idea or technology: the innovators, the early adopters, the early majority, the late majority, and the laggards. And as with any market-based technology, the electric vehicle’s success depends on each of those groups embracing it. READ MORE ››-

-Just about anyone with an iPhone or a Mac is haunted by the first song listed alphabetically in their iTunes library: It’s the one that starts playing automatically when you connect your phone to your car, the one that kicks on when you accidentally press the play/pause button on the headphones connected to your computer. Maybe you used to like it, but that was long before you unwittingly heard its first few seconds hundreds of times.-Since many cars don’t offer the sort of sma

Filed under:BMW,Convertible,Concept Cars,LuxuryYou look familiar, BMW. Have we met before?Continue reading BMW Pebble Beach concept looks a lot like the Z4 prototype in new teaser photo BMW Pebble Beach concept looks a lot like the Z4 prototype in new teaser photo originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:09:00 EDT.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

-Chevrolet has used the Custom label for decades, most frequently on trucks and SUVs, and now it’s bringing the name back to the Tahoe family for the 2018 model year as a bargain-priced special edition. The Tahoe Custom drops the entry cost of the full-size brute by $3750—from $48,745, the base price of the 2018 LS, to $44,995—and throws in popular tech features.-Based on the LS trim and available with either rear- or selectable four-wheel drive, the Tahoe Custom drops the

-Porsche’s 911 might be the ultimate automotive yes man. You want rear-wheel drive? Sure thing. All-wheel drive? Yup. Little more power? Uh huh. Lots more? Oh yeah. Lots more and then still a little bit more? Youbetcha. Maybe you want a whole shipping container full of power but no turbos in sight? We can do that. Or never mind power. How about a coupe? But of course. Convertible? Ja. Crazy complicated top that kind of just amounts to a huge sunroof? Of course! READ MORE ››-

Filed under:Government/Legal,Plants/Manufacturing,Chrysler,Dodge,Fiat,RAMA sale to China might be in FCA's best interest, but it might not be in the United States' best interest.Continue reading China own a Detroit automaker? Would the U.S. let that happen? China own a Detroit automaker? Would the U.S. let that happen? originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 15 Aug 2017 15:35:00 EDT.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under:Toys/Games,McLarenSadly, there's no V8 option.Continue reading This McLaren 570S Spider is great for the budding enthusiast This McLaren 570S Spider is great for the budding enthusiast originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 15 Aug 2017 15:10:00 EDT.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

The price for vanity can run deep, especially when we’re talking about a car like the Porsche 911 Turbo S. The base price for one here in the U.S. already adds up to $190,700, and that’s without all the bells and whistles that can run costs up to comfortably north of $200,000. Now if you really want your 911 Turbo S to stand out, there is a color option called Phyton Green “Chromaflair” that will no doubt get the job done. The only caveat is that availing of this color o

Filed under:Spy Photos,Videos,Chevrolet,Convertible,Future,PerformanceThe driver was cruising down the road without a care in the world.Continue reading We caught the new Chevy Corvette ZR1 live on video We caught the new Chevy Corvette ZR1 live on video originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 15 Aug 2017 14:30:00 EDT.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

-You could be legally blind and recognize the 2018 Jeep Wrangler in this blurred, hastily composed spy photo. We’ve already seen clear shots of the new JL model’s upgraded interior, but someone at JLWrangler Forums has posted the very first peek at the undisguised exterior.-As with the Mercedes-Benz G-class, what wasn’t broken for the past few decades didn’t need fixing. There’s a new air vent on the fender and another new vent flanking the bulge in the hood. A

Tesla has been in the news a lot lately with the official delivery of the first Model 3s and its recent call to discuss the second quarter of 2017. We’ve learned a lot over the past couple of weeks, including the price of the Model 3, some specifications, battery size, and we even learned that it will lend its platform to the upcoming Model Y. However, word was that any Tesla vehicle built after October of 2016 would include hardware version 2.0 (dubbed internally as HW 2.0) and would be

Well, it’s finally happened – the 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL has been spotted without camouflage. The next-generation Jeep was reportedly spotted inside Jeep’s Toledo assembly plant and sent to our friends at JLWranglerForums. The grainy photo was undoubtedly not supposed to be taken, as evidenced by the limited view it affords of the new Wrangler Unlimited. Still, there are plenty of details to pour over.
First, it’s clear this is a four-door Wrangler Unlimited, otherwise kn

Formed in 2014, the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) alliance has been doing very good these past three years, which is why Sergio Marchionne is on the lookout to either sell the company or make another merger with a big brand. FCA was refused by General Motors back in 2015 and Marchionne’s attempts to find a new collaboration have been unsuccessful so far. However, it seems that FCA is actually on the brink of finding a new owner. According to new reports, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has re

Filed under:Etc.,Marketing/Advertising,Plants/Manufacturing,Mazda,Toyota,Fuel Efficiency,Japan,Emerging Technologies,Technology,FutureA plastic that includes wood-pulp nanofibers can weigh one-fifth of steel and be five times stronger.Continue reading Tougher than steel: Wood pulp could make lighter auto parts Tougher than steel: Wood pulp could make lighter auto parts originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:45:00 EDT.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | E

Filed under:Videos,Dodge,Coupe,PerformancePennzoil promises more to come.Continue reading Dodge Demon exorcised by Rhys Millen in new video Dodge Demon exorcised by Rhys Millen in new video originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 15 Aug 2017 10:35:00 EDT.Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments

As if eight full-length movies, a series of video games, and a handful of short movies aren’t enough to satisfy our craving for anything Fast and Furious, we’ll now be treated to a series of live shows featuring Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto talking about, well, Fast and Furious. Yes, Fast and Furious Live is apparently a real thing now, and I don’t know exactly how I feel about it.
No less than Diesel himself confirmed the news in a Facebook post that straddled the line betwe